Ask HN: What is the best language/framework for getting things done on the web?

Background: I’ve spent years learning “trendy” programming languages and frameworks. But now I just want to get things done.

Server rendered web pages, no fancy client side js, just good old websites. Quick to build, easy to maintain, just ship it.

So what are your recommendations? For a web developer that wants to be productive, not trendy.

Ruby on Rails

React fails the main requirements: “Server rendered web pages, no fancy client side js, just good old websites.”

I would say not laravel because it has new releases every other day, forces you to use tailwind and webpack and all that, etc.

Their old simple API framework is deprecated.

I started looking at Yii and Phalcon a bit but not crazy about either.

Yet.

I want something like Struts but for PHP.

So, I might have to... create another framework. :-D

Thought about RR but every time I jump in again, I nope out again. Maybe just need to really learn it.

FastAPI seems interesting but can't find simple videos on how to do login/auth sessions in under an hour -- red flag.

The one you are most familiar with. Any major MVC framework is fair game if your'e familiar with the language & package ecosystem surrounding it.